What has been written about 10 years of Wikipedia brought to my mind thoughts of victory disease (1), groupthink (2), hubris (3), narcissism (4), communal reinforcement (5), consensus reality (6), confirmation bias (7) or, more appropriately, Wikiality (8) as well as nemesis (9), Watergate (10), and WikiLeaks (11), not necessarily in this order.
Happy Birthday. Enjoy the celebrations of 10 years of Wikipedia. Sincerely, Virgilio A. P. Machado (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_disease (2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink (3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris (4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism (5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_reinforcement (6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_reality (7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias (8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_culture#Wikiality (9) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis_%28mythology%29 (10) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal (11) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks At 06:49 14-12-2010, you wrote: >Hi, everyone. > >I'm working with Steven Walling and the WikiX team to help get ready >for the coming celebrations. As you know, Wikipedias 10-year birthday >is coming up really soon! Weve got scores of events plannedat least >two on every continent so far[1]and were hoping for more. Now, we >just need to make sure the rest of the world knows about this amazing >milestone, too. > >Most people outside of the community dont fully realize were a >mission-driven, non-profit movement run by real, everyday people. >Often, Wikipedia is thought to be a static product or service, not a >living, breathing community of people, from all walks of life, who >care about providing a free public service to the world. We want the >rest of the world to know and understand us as a people-driven >movement, appreciate what were doing and --most importantly-- join >us. To help, we're asking volunteers [2] passionate about Wikipedia >to take a few minutes to write a bit about what it means to be a >Wikipedian. Telling your own story about your personal connection to >Wikipedia is about being proud of the time youve spent working on an >international pubic resource and vital necessity to over 400 million >people all over the world. Its about thanking the thousands of people >who work alongside you to keep this amazing project going. > >In addition, we're compiling information about Wikipedia in the form >of a historical timeline [3] , curating interesting data in the form >of top 10 lists [4][5] and searching for long-time Wikipedians who >might also be celebrating their 10th birthday as editors [6]. If you >have anything to add [7], please share! > >As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, let us know. > >Cheers, > >Moka Pantages >Wikimedia Foundation >Communications > > >[1] http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Communications_Kit >[2] http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Stories >[3] http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_timeline >[4] http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_by_the_numbers >[5] http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia's_Top_Ten >[6] >http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedians_celebrating_their_tenth_WikiBirthday >[7] >http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share#Wikipedians_celebrating_their_tenth_WikiBirthday > >_______________________________________________ >foundation-l mailing list >[email protected] >Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l Prof. Virgilio A. P. Machado [email protected] Engenharia Industrial http://web.archive.org/web/20070824105539/www.ipei.pt/GDEI/ DEMI/FCT/UNL Fax: 351-21-294-8546 or 21-294-8531 Universidade de Portugal or 351-21-295-4461 2829-516 Caparica Tel.: 351-21-294-8542 or 21-294-8567 PORTUGAL or 351-21-294-8300 or 21 294-8500 Ext.112-32 96-577-3726 Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia/UNL (FCT/UNL) (Dr. Machado is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the School of Sciences and Engineering/UNL of the University of Portugal) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
